Sorcerer

well just created a USB refi clover partition using latest clover and managed to get a dump from my CPU lots of files.. guess i need to edit the DSDT and which SSDT?? there are several.. 

 

 

all files are17 oct 2015.. 

 

Think i need to build the USB from scratch. 

i can use the e6420 running El Cap to build the USB...

 

Any guides for building an El Cap install? tried following pokenguyen's yosemite guide but el cap has a different disk utility and does not allow me to create two different partitions on the USB.. Also clover does not extract DSDT etc when pressing F4

yup ssdt.aml is not included. 

 

all i did with the roberto studios files is copy the kexts to efi/clover/kexts/other

copied the config.plist to efi\clover.

copied the dsdt.aml to efi\clover\acpi\patched.

 

i got an installer working for a e6420 that boots and ran the installer without hiccups. but same USB does not work on e7440. (i have created a new USB as i did not want to mess up the Installer USB i use for e6420) but still get same panic error.. has to be something to do with the cpu i think...

You sure it's not the Haswell CPU reset? You need the Haswell-patched kernel...

 

selected the haswell kernel patch option from the binaries patching menu in clover an nada still same Panic and no verbose info its a core [email protected]

4 gig ram and 250 gig SSD..

yup using clover 3292 in legacy.. interesting tho.. laptop reports invalid boot sector then goes to efi boot and boots into clover.. but still same KP message .. 
 
maybe i am not setting up clover properly.  Just going the basic at the moment..

Trying to install retail El Cap to an E7440 as clean install.. can not get it to boot into the installer on USB..  nothing comes up in verbose mode.. and laptop just re-boots.. 

 

any guides on installing EL cap to one of these laptops?

UPDATE:..  figured it out...  had to disable USB3 IN BIOS    although it gets to th apple logo now it still resets no verbose info is presented.. 

even nothing in safe mode.. all i get is a short series of +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

across top of screen. then it displays a 1 line message and resets.. message is only displayed for 10th of a sec.. blink and you miss it..

 

its a kernel panic.. managed to get a screen shot.

 

any ideas

Wow just stumbled across this forum.. wish i found it earlier may have saved me a lot of work.

I have managed to get OSX 10.8.3 Retail up and running natively on my e6420 Using Tony's unifail Method. Installation went of without a hitch no special bootflags used, and installation completed successfully and restarted the system as it was meant to. Had to boot of the USB drive to get everything working initially but once i got the SMBIOS and the chimera (chameleon, stolen and rebranded) 2.0.1 installed i can boot from HDD without a problem. 

 

I have not used a DSDT file at all but installed the MB Pro 8.2 SMBIOS. Using chimera (chameleon, stolen and rebranded) 2.0.1 Bootloader with tony's Theme. Tony's multifail did not work at all as it always failed the install process however it did move the kext files into the right directory so only was a matter of repairing permissions using a Kext utility and then refreshing the cache with CHAMPLIST and then using the -f boot flag once after installing a new kext. 

So far i have graphics, Audio, ethernet, bluetooth, trackpad (as a mouse) and keyboard all working. Now working on getting the Battery recognition, and sleep working right..  the Lat has the Intel Centino wifi card so no way is that gonna work..  since it is actually a work laptop and i do not own it i am not going to bother replacing the wifi card. so will do without. 

 

Would like to get the Multi Touch trackpad working with gestures but not important as it is working as a mouse and thus sufficient for my needs.

 

DVD drive is recognised and working as well

 

Here is some specs from the system report.

 

 

Model Name: MacBook Pro

  Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,2

  Processor Name: Intel Core i5

  Processor Speed: 2.49 GHz

  Number of Processors: 1

  Total Number of Cores: 2

  L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB

  L3 Cache: 3 MB

  Memory: 4 GB

 

 

Speaker (Analog):

 

  Default Output Device: Yes

  Default System Output Device: Yes

  Manufacturer: Voodoo 

  Output Channels: 2

  Current SampleRate: 48000

  Transport: Built-in

 

 Apple Bluetooth Software Version: 4.1.3f3 11349

  Hardware Settings:

  Address: D0-DF-9A-B2-42-C0

  Manufacturer: Broadcom

  Name: Bluetooth Mac (d0-df-9a-b2-42-c0)

  Firmware Version: v3 c517

  Bluetooth Power: On

 

ethernet:

 

  Type: Ethernet Controller

  Bus: PCI

  Vendor ID: 0x8086

  Device ID: 0x1502

  Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x1028

  Subsystem ID: 0x0493

  Revision ID: 0x0004

  BSD name: en0

  Kext name: AppleIntelE1000e.kext

  Location: /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntelE1000e.kext

  Version: 2.1.7

 

Intel HD Graphics 3000:

 

  Chipset Model: Intel HD Graphics 3000

  Type: GPU

  Bus: Built-In

  VRAM (Total): 384 MB

  Vendor: Intel (0x8086)

  Device ID: 0x0126

  Revision ID: 0x0009

  Displays:

Display:

  Resolution: 1366 x 768 @ 60 Hz

  Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

  Main Display: Yes

  Mirror: Off

  Online: Yes

  Built-In: Yes

 

System Software Overview:

 

  System Version: OS X 10.8.3 (12D78)

  Kernel Version: Darwin 12.3.0

  Boot Volume: SYSTEM

  Boot Mode: Normal

  User Name:

  Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled

  Time since boot: 1:09